Igbo Verbs, Interrogative & Demonstrative Pronouns

Who?

Onye?

What?

Gini?

Where?

Ebee?

When?

Mgbe

How?

Kedu ka?

Which?

Kedu nke?

Why?

Maka gini?

that

nke ahu

those

ndi ahu

this

nke a

these

ndi a

to be

ibu / idi (irregular)

to come

ibia (a)

to stay / to be (at a location)

ino (a)

to enter

ibata (a)

to wear (clothes)

iyi (efe) [e]

to get out

iputa (a)

to leave

ihapu (a)

to eat (food)

iri (nri) [e]

to hear

inu (a)

to work

iru oru (a)

to tell

igwa (a)

to speak

Isu (a)

to say

ikwu [e]

to take

iwere [e]

to see

ihu (a)

to look

ile [e]

to read

igu (a)

to want / to look for

icho (a)

to throw

itu [e]

to laugh

ichi ochi (a)

to bring

iwete [e]

to call

ikpo (a)

to follow

isoro [e]

to buy

izuta (a)

to sell

ire [e]

to get

inweta [e]

to give

inye [e]

to forget

ichefu [e]

to remember

icheta [e]

to write

ide [e]

to teach

ikuzi [e]

to do / make

ime [e]

to cry

ibe akwa [e]

to run

igba oso (a)

to think

iche echiche

to walk

iga ije (a)

to go

iga [e]

to hold

ijide [e]

to own / have

inwe [e]

to pray

ikpe ekpere [e]

to know

ima (a)

to listen

ige nti (a)

to sit

inodu (a)

to stand

ikuli [e] / iguzo [e]

to touch

imetu aka (a)

to mark

ika (a)

to sleep

irahu ura (a)

to shower / to bathe

isa ahu (a)

to sing (a song)

ibu abu (a) / ikwe ukwe [e]

to play

igwu egwu

to drink

inu (a)

to dance

igba egwu (a)

to cook (food)

isi nri [e]

to fry

ighe [e]

to learn

imuta (a)

to chew

ita (a)

to swallow

ilo [e]

to wash

isa (a)

to wait

ichere [e]

to understand

ighota (a)

to find out

ichoputa (a)